The 1st of 2 invasive cancers was diagnosed 10 yrs ago today.
Surgeon said it had begun growing about 6 yrs earlier, tho hidden to imaging.
My mind went back in time. Cancer began when I was in the thick of trying to report the #SBC pastor who repeatedly raped me as a kid.🧵1/4
Surgeon said it had begun growing about 6 yrs earlier, tho hidden to imaging.
My mind went back in time. Cancer began when I was in the thick of trying to report the #SBC pastor who repeatedly raped me as a kid.🧵1/4
So Hellish was the prolonged experience of trying to report an SBC pastor-rapist & protect others that the very cells of my body had mutated.
Cancer is a multi-factorial process but 1 factor correlated to its inception in me was church bullying & #SBC #InstitutionalBetrayal. 2/4
Cancer is a multi-factorial process but 1 factor correlated to its inception in me was church bullying & #SBC #InstitutionalBetrayal. 2/4
It took a terrible toll to speak truth into a system determined not to hear & designed not to hear.
And really? For what?
Tho his assaults on me are well-substantiated, he has still never faced any consequence.
And me? I'm just grateful to still be here. #SBCtoo #ChurchToo 3/4
And really? For what?
Tho his assaults on me are well-substantiated, he has still never faced any consequence.
And me? I'm just grateful to still be here. #SBCtoo #ChurchToo 3/4
For me the consequences of clergy child sex abuse were dire. For him, the consequences were none.
I survived repeated childhood rapes of #SBC pastor, all manner of meanness from faith leaders who sought to silence me, and double-cancer.
Cancer was the easiest. #SBCtoo 4/4
I survived repeated childhood rapes of #SBC pastor, all manner of meanness from faith leaders who sought to silence me, and double-cancer.
Cancer was the easiest. #SBCtoo 4/4
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